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  SEFC中定语从句的时态分布

一、当谓语动词是一般现在时的时候，定语从句有以下几种时态：

1. 一般现在时。例如：

1)  We grow rice in the south of the States, but in the north where it is colder they grow wheat.

( p. 2 SB1A )

2) Anybody who breaks the rules is punished. ( p. 18 SB1A )

3) It is a very useful plant that can be prepared in many different ways. ( p. 30 SB1A )

4) I’m sure there’s nothing that a woman can’t do. ( p. 17 SB1B )

5) Companies that make telephones and computers and so on prefer to employ women.

   ( p. 17 SB1B )

2．一般过去时。例如：

1) The potato is another plant that was taken back by early travellers. ( p. 30 SB1A )

2)  Today, fruit trees which once grew only in China can now be found in many parts of the world.  ( p. 30 SB1A )

            3) The milu deer is a kind of deer that used to be common in China long ago. ( p. 10 SB1B )

            4) Do you remember one afternoon ten years ago when I came to your house and borrowed a

necklace of yours? ( p. 13 SB1B )

5) The company that Walt Disney started does not just make films. ( p. 4 SB2A )

3．现在进行时。例如：

1)  At San Francisco the Pacific plate which is moving towards the northwest meets the North

American plate. ( p. 26 SB1A )

2) I can’t be the only woman who isn’t wearing jewellery. ( p. 13 SB1B )

4．现在完成时。例如：

1) It’s on the edge of the lake that has been made by the dam. ( p. 33 SB1B )

2) The lake that has been made by the dam is about 500 kilometres long. ( p. 34 SB1B )

           3) First, money is spent looking after people with illnesses which have been caused by

                  smoking.  ( p. 8 SB2A )

4) There’s a particular comedy which I have decided to do. ( p. 25 SB2A )

5) He makes it seem as if this is one of the most delicious meals that he has ever enjoyed.

( p. 28 SB2A )

二、当谓语动词是一般过去时的时候，定语从句有以下几种时态：

1．一般过去时。例如：

1) And then I watched all the glasses that were on the table fall off onto the ground.

( p.25 SB1A )

2) The number of people who lost homes reached as many as 250,000. ( p. 26 SB1A )

3) A wide and busy road which was built like a bridge over another road fell onto the one

                  below. ( p. 26 SB1A )

4) They needed a plant which didn’t need as much water as rice. ( p. 30 SB1A )

2．过去进行时。例如：

1) It sounded like a train that was passing under my house. ( p.25 SB1A )

2) I hid in a farmer’s cart which was taking vegetables into the castle. ( p.55 SB2B )

3) When he was a young man, he went to a newspaper office in Kansas City where he was

working. ( p. 2 SB2A )

3)  In fact, the meal she was preparing was not an important one. ( p. 58 SB2A )

4)  In fact , an expert who was studying the weather rang up the BBC to ask if a hurricane was

on its way. ( p. 64 SB2A )

3．现在进行时。例如：

It was called “Saving the earth” and it was all about the damage that is being caused to the

world. ( p. 49 SB2A )

4．过去完成时。例如：

1) The finger I put into my mouth was not the one I had dipped into the cup. ( p. 6 SB1A )

2)  Early European travellers to China took back to their own countries the seeds of fruit trees

that they had not seen before. ( p.30 SB1A )

3) During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we had

borrowed. ( p.14 SB1B )

4) Chaplin, for whom life had once been very hard, directed a film about the workers’ life in

an American factory. ( p. 29 SB2A）

5) Sometimes people discovered collections of coins that had been buried. ( p. 32 SB2A )

5．过去完成进行时。例如：

1)  By 1919, scientists who had been watching the stars supported his work and he quickly

became world-famous. ( p.4 SB2B )

2) One tree fell into the house and one of its branches broke the bed in which the daughter had

been sleeping. ( p. 63 SB2A )

三、当谓语动词是过去完成时的时候，定语从句有以下几种时态：

1．一般过去时。例如：

1)  Some milu deer had been taken to England, where they were kept in the great park which

belonged to him. ( p.10 SB1B )

2)  By the end of the year, the total money collected had come to over 92 million dollars, all of

which were sent to Africa. ( p. 46 SB1B )

3) The boss in whose department Mr King worked had heard about the accident. ( p. 18 SB1B )

2．过去将来时。例如：

As early as his second film, Chaplin had developed his own manner of acting, the one that was

to become world-famous. ( p. 26 SB2A )

3．过去完成时。例如：

She had shown pictures of a plant that had recently been discovered. ( p. 53 SB2A）

四、当谓语动词是现在进行时的时候，定语从句有以下几种时态：

1．现在进行时。例如：

Today he is working in the fields with Tim, who’s helping him. ( p. 37 SB1B )

2．现在完成时。例如：

Jia Sixie is giving a talk about the science of farming which he has developed. ( p. 40 SB1B )

3．一般现在时。例如：

1)  I’m looking for another speaker who could give a talk, as our main speaker can’t get here

today. ( p. 42 SB1B )

2)  Jane and Zhou Lan are talking about the jobs that men and women do in Britain.

( p. 17 SB1B )

五、当谓语动词是一般将来时的时候，定语从句有以下几种时态：

1．现在完成时。例如：

It’ll be the biggest live concert the world has ever seen. ( p. 45 SB1B )

2．一般现在时。例如：

I’ll tell you something that does sound strange. ( p. 37 SB 2A )

六、当谓语动词是现在完成时的时候，定语从句有以下几种时态：

1．一般现在时。例如：

The government has started a new school project in which Inuit teach their own young

children. ( p. 40 SB2A )

2．一般过去时。例如：

Many parts of the world, which once had large populations and plenty of crops, have become

deserts. ( p. 50 SB2A )

5)  Today, fruit trees which once  were grown /grew  (grow) only in China can now be found in many parts of the world.

            2) The milu deer was/had been/is  (be) a kind of deer that used to be common in China long ago.

***1) It’s on the edge of the lake that  has been made  (make) by the dam.

2) The lake that  is being made/has been made  (make) by the dam is about 500 kilometres long.

             The lake that  is being made/ (make) by the dam will be about 500 kilometres long.

           3) First, money is spent looking after people with illnesses which  had been caused/have been caused  (cause) by smoking.

1) It sounded like a train that  was passing  (pass) under my house. ( p.25 SB1A )

2) When he was a young man, he went to a newspaper office in Kansas City where he had neen  working/was working  (work). ( p. 2 SB2A )

3)      In fact, an expert who  studied/was studying  (study) the weather rang up the BBC to ask if a hurricane was on its way. ( p. 64 SB2A )

It was called “Saving the earth” and it was all about the damage that  is being caused  (cause) to the world. ( p. 49 SB2A )

1) The finger I put into my mouth was not the one I  had dipped  (dip) into the cup. ( p. 6 SB1A )

3) During the next ten years we both worked day and night to pay back the money we  had borrowed  (borrow). ( p.14 SB1B )

4) Chaplin, for whom life  once had been/had once been  (once be) very hard, directed a film about the workers’ life in an American factory. ( p. 29 SB2A）

5) Sometimes people discovered collections of coins that  were buried/had been buried  (bury). ( p. 32 SB2A )

As early as his second film, Chaplin  had been developing/had developed  (develop) his own manner of acting, the one that was to become world-famous. ( p. 26 SB2A )

Jia Sixie is giving a talk about the science of farming which he  had been developing/has developed  (develop)

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